EMDR Trauma Therapy

Helping you process and integrate difficult memories so you can reclaim your sense of safety & empowerment

What to Expect

What to Expect

  • A safe and supportive environment to explore your past experiences and process difficult emotions at your own pace

  • Targeted trauma reprocessing - we’ll access and reprocess these memories, allowing you to release their emotional charge and create new pathways

  • Coping skills and resources to help you manage distressing emotions and symptoms outside of therapy sessions

  • Holistic healing that addresses body and mind

  • Increase positive beliefs about yourself and increase your confidence

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EMDR Therapy at Nightingale Wellness

Trauma can leave deep emotional scars that impact every aspect of your life, but healing is possible with the right support.

EMDR therapy is a powerful and evidence-based approach to trauma treatment that can help you process and integrate distressing memories, reduce symptoms and increase your well-being.

There are 8 stages to EMDR therapy. They include:

  1. Reviewing your history of trauma and creating a plan for how we will process the events.

  2. Preparation for EMDR, which includes learning coping skills and relaxation techniques so that you feel prepared to revisit the memories.

  3. We’ll identify the specific memory, images, beliefs and sensations related to the trauma

  4. Desensitizing the memory and reducing the level of distress through bilateral stimulation (such as eye movements or tapping).

  5. When the distress of the memory is reduced, we increase the strength of positive beliefs and resources that support your healing and well-being.

  6. Body scan to ensure that any residual physical tension has been fully processed and released.

  7. Do calming skills to end session

  8. Check in during the next session to discuss progress and any new insights

The Benefits of EMDR

  • A rapid way to process trauma

    EMDR is one of the fastest ways to process traumatic events in therapy, by using bilateral stimulation.

  • Reduces stress & negative thoughts about yourself

    EMDR helps you reduce the symptoms you have as a result of your trauma.Which may be anxiety, depression, low self esteem or bursts of anger.

  • Improve relationships

    Processing your trauma with EMDR helps you change the patterns in your relationships. It helps prevent past events from coloring current experiences.

“Freedom is what you do with what has been done to you”

Jean-Paul Sarte

You may be wondering if EMDR is right for you

What is EMDR therapy like?

EMDR is an evidence based therapy that has a 90% success rate. What we will do is identify traumatic memories in a safe and supportive way. We use a method called Bilateral Stimulation (which could be tapping or eye movements) to reduce the distress and symptoms.

What if I’m nervous/scared to talk about my past because its overwhelming?

That’s completely normal and we will go at your pace.

How do I know if what I experienced is considered trauma?

Trauma is anything that overwhelms your ability to cope. It can be a large event that happened to you, or a series of events that over time impacted you negatively.

If other people had it “worse than me”, is it worth it to process my trauma?

Trauma is subjective and most people experience some form of trauma throughout their lives.

Can processing past trauma actually bring relief?

It can bring an enormous amount of relief and calmness. Healing is

possible.